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Some of these cottages date from the late eighteenth century. But the lighthouse was smaller then. The top part was added in the nineteenth century.
A photograph of Southerness Lighthouse at low tide showing the treacherous rocks. These rocks were not the only danger to shipping as there was also the hazard of the Barnhourie Sandbank on which many ships became stranded.
Criffel can be seen in the background.
There are two beaches at Southerness -- one on each side of Southerness Point. This is Gillfoot Bay which is to the east of the lighthouse.
This is the beach along which Charlotte and her friends galloped to try to save the little book. They would have been racing to the front of the photoghraph.
Off course it goes without saying that there would not have been any caravans then!
This is a photograph of the Mersehead Sands which stretch for seven miles on the western side of Southerness Lighthouse.
The dog is not Rooskie. It is Moff, one of my earlier papillons.
All these photographs were taken by Mary S Moffat.
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